#A79C8A#A79C8A

#A79C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.029 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79C8A
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(37, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 17%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 17.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 0.94, 10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 10.92, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0049 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.029 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4121, 33.8280, 28.8619)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79C8A #8A95A7

analogous

#A78E8A #A79C8A #A4A78A

triadic

#A79C8A #8AA79C #9C8AA7

tetradic

#A79C8A #8AA78E #8A95A7 #A78AA4

square

#A79C8A #8AA78E #8A95A7 #A78AA4

split-complementary

#A79C8A #8AA4A7 #8E8AA7

monochromatic

#685E4E #8B7E69 #A79C8A #C1BAAD #DCD7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A79C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A79C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79C8A

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79C8A	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.029 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9ac',
    500: '#a79c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79c8a;
$custom-light: #c1b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.241,
    "s": 14.146,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69716,
    "c": 0.02862,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79C8A

secondary

#C1C5CC

accent

#8BB771

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79C8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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